Obituaries 02-01-12

Published 11:02 am, Tuesday, January 31, 2012

OLTON - Funeral services for Dora Martinez, 79, of Olton will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at First Baptist Church in Olton with Lupe Randall and David Azam officiating.

Burial will follow in Olton Cemetery under the direction of Ramage Funeral Directors.

Evening services are scheduled for 7 p.m. today at Trinity Baptist Church in Olton.

Mrs. Martinez died Friday, Jan. 27, 2012, in Lubbock.

She was born Dec. 24, 1932, in Acuna, Mexico, to Dolores and Petra Gonzalez Ramirez. She was a longtime Olton resident and married Elias Martinez on Jan. 3, 1955, in Acuna. He died Sept. 4, 2011. She was active at Trinity Baptist Church where she served as a Sunday school teacher and choir director and was past president of Women's Missionary Union.

Survivors include a son, Hector Martinez of Olton; a daughter, Rosa Casarez of Plainview; a brother, Elias Ramirez of North Carolina; a sister, Celia Pacheco of Washington; two grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and a host of nieces and nephews.

Velma Glennis Loyd Mitchell of Crosbyton went to her heavenly home on Saturday, Jan. 28, 2012, at the age of 94. The family will receive friends from 6-8 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012, at Combest Family Funeral Homes in Idalou.

Graveside services are scheduled for 11 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012, in Plainview Cemetery. Her grandsons and son-in-laws will serve as pallbearers.

Memorial services are scheduled to follow at 3 p.m. at Monterey Baptist Church in Lubbock.

Velma was born Oct. 24, 1917, in Vega to William Leroy and Nellie Mae Crawford Loyd. Graduating from Vega High School at the age of 17, she entered the nurse training program at Plainview Sanitarium and Clinic, graduating as a registered nurse at the age of 21. She married Edwin Earl Mitchell on Dec. 16, 1938, in Vega. They were married for 59 years before his death in 1998.

Velma worked for Dr. Gerald Wagner, a Plain view pediatrician, for eight years as his nurse. After his retirement, she continued her nursing career with the Plainview Health Department before retiring in 1988. In 1999, she moved to Lubbock and found great pleasure in her family, friends and church family at Monterey Baptist Church. There she was a member and loved serving her Lord and Savior. Velma spent many hours crocheting beautiful afghans for her family and loved gardening. Beginning in 2008, Velma resided with her daughters, living in Lubbock and Crosbyton.

Those left to cherish her memory are her brother, Keith Loyd of Colorado Springs, Colo.; three daughters, Earlene Moore and husband, Dannie, of Lubbock, Pat Parrish and husband, Doyle, of Crosbyton, and Barbara Bass and husband, Bill, of Lubbock; and 10 grandchildren, D'lene Moore, Dan and Kelli Moore, Steve and Deborah Parrish, Kevin and Irene Parrish and Tami and Mark Swoboda, all of Lubbock, Karla and Walt Powell of Fort Morgan, Colo., Scott and Jana Parrish and Kelly and Brandi Parrish, all of Whitehouse, Stacy and Scot Sheppard of Big Spring, and Wade and Jerri Bass of Mandeville, La. She found great joy in her 27 great-grandchildren and five great-great-grandchildren, as well as numerous nieces and nephews.

Velma was preceded in death by her parents; husband; two brothers, Emory and Melvin; and one great-grandson, Ryan Mitchell Parrish.

Memorial donations may be made to Monterey Baptist Church Building Fund, 3601 50th St, Lubbock, TX 79413.

The family would like to express appreciation to the staff of Interim Hospice for their loving care.

Lila Pearl Simmons, age 78, of the Cuthand community, passed away Monday, Jan. 30, 2012, at her home, surrounded by her family and friends. Lila was retired from the Rivercrest Independent School District.

Lila was born Sept. 13, 1933, in Mayfield to Arthur and Fronetta Bell Cannon. She married Bobby Gene Simmons on June 23, 1953, in Mayfield. She was a member of Cuthand United Methodist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband; a son, Perry Wynn Simmons; and a brother, Donnie Cannon.